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Elderly people in Florida would have paid more than $200 extra for traditional Medicare if a system similar to Paul Ryan's proposed overhaul of the program was in place in 2010, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee, wants to transform Medicare into a "premium support" system in which beneficiaries get a fixed payment from the government for their insurance, rather than guaranteed benefits. Such a plan would lead to wide variations in Medicare costs across the country, according to the study published Monday by the nonprofit Kaiser group.
Fifty-nine percent of beneficiaries would have paid more in 2010, unless they switched from traditional Medicare or their current private coverage to a lower-cost plan, the researchers found. In California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada and New York, it would cost more than $100 extra a month to maintain traditional coverage for Medicare.
The findings "underscore the potential for highly disparate effects of a premium support system for beneficiaries across the county," said the authors, led by Gretchen Jacobson, a policy analyst at Kaiser.
Romney's plan
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has said he would enact a plan similar to Ryan's if elected. A Romney spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, said the Kaiser study didn't examine "the Romney-Ryan plan," which Romney has not detailed.
"Our plan would always provide future beneficiaries guaranteed coverage options with no increase in out-of-pocket costs from today's Medicare," she said in an e-mail.
President Barack Obama's campaign said in a blog post that "Under Romney's plan, millions of people — especially those with complicated health needs who see a lot of different doctors — would have to give up their doctors or pay extra to maintain access to their choices"
Under the plan outlined by Ryan, who is also chairman of the House Budget Committee, the government's Medicare contribution would be set by annual bids from plans participating in the system, including traditional Medicare. The stipend, which Democrats call a "voucher," would equal the second lowest-cost bid in each county.
Varying premiums
That mechanism would lead to varying premiums across the country because of differences in medical costs, Jacobson and her colleagues said. Medicare would likely be among the lowest-cost plans in parts of the country with low medical costs, while private plans would outbid the government elsewhere.
While Medicare beneficiaries may have to pay more, a premium support plan would probably save the government money, Jacobson and her colleagues said. The study didn't measure the extent of those savings.
Medicare beneficiaries in a system like Ryan's wouldn't face higher premiums and might even lower their costs if they switch to lower-cost plans, the Kaiser researchers said. People may be unlikely to change plans, though, even to get a lower premium.
In Medicare's prescription drug program, where beneficiaries choose among private plans to cover medicines, just 6% changed plans in 2008, "despite substantial variations in premiums, cost-sharing and other factors," according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Only 7% of participants in Massachusetts's government-run insurance exchange, the Connector, switched plans in 2011, the study said.
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Former Triton rower Jeff Collett is in his fifth season as an assistant coach with the UC San Diego men's program in 2017-18. He took the position in August of 2013.
Formerly, Collett worked with the Newport Aquatic Center in Newport Beach, serving as the program's head coach from 2010-13. Newport, with over 150 rowers, consistently placed in the top five in the Southwest Region. In addition to managing the racing and training schedules, Collett also oversaw the annual budget and fundraising efforts.
From 2009-10, Collett was an assistant coach with Newport, which won a California state title and the Southwest Region Team Points Trophy during that period. The Lightweight 8+ and Heavyweight 4+ crews both placed third at the U.S. Rowing Junior National Championships.
Collett helped host a U.S. Rowing High Performance Camp and participated in a pair of Junior National Team I.D. Camps.
As a student-athlete at UCSD from 2007-09, Collett rowed with the Varsity 8+ crew. In 2009, the Tritons won the San Diego Crew Classic Cal Cup and placed second at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships to advance to the IRA Championships for the first time in program history. Collett earned All-WIRA First Team honors that season.
Prior to transferring to UC San Diego, Collett attended Orange Coast College for the 2003-04 and 2006-07 academic years. In 2007, he captained the Varsity 8+ crew and was named OCC's Oarsman of the Year. His Novice "A" boat placed second at the WIRA Championships and fifth at the ECAC National Championships in 2004.
Collett earned a bachelor's degree in communication from UC San Diego in 2009 and an associate's degree in liberal arts from Orange Coast College in 2007. He and his wife, Marta, welcome their first child, daughter Amélie, in December of 2016.
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After watching Captain America this summer, I was amazed at how many of my guy friends could easily rattle off the backstory of the movie as well as the intricately woven subplots involving other characters (What?! How did Tony Stark's dad get in this movie?). I told a couple of my friends that comic books and superhero movies are to men what Jane Austen novels are to women — stories laden with characters we relate to on some level and shining moments to which we aspire. So I figured it would be cool to bring a few guys into the studio and unpack what makes the superhero world so appealing; what resulted was a passionate discussion on values, heroes, masculinity, and yes, the shameless allure of guns, explosions and special powers.
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Voice mode configures the system for producing synthetic speech. In voice mode all hardware is dedicated to producing allophones, which are smoothly blended configurations for each of the 64 available phonemes. The interface allows the construction of phrases that contain the phonemes as well as in-stream inflections or produce dynamic speech. In addition to playing back phrases, you can also send commands on the fly and control voice pitch, rate, and blending to add for realtime dynamics to the voice. The pitch of the voice can be defined both in frequency and in musical note, allowing the voice to sing as well as talk.
The following code example will allow the device to speak "hello world" with inflection:
GSAllophone hello[] = { _HE , _PITCHUP , _E , _LO ,_PITCHDN , _OE , _PA1 , _ENDPHRASE };
GSAllophone world[] = { _W , _BENDUP , _ER , _LE , _ED , _PA1 , _ENDPHRASE };
GinSingVoice *voice = GS.getVoice(); // get the voice mode interface
voice->begin(); // enter voice mode
voice->speak ( hello ); // speak hello
delay ( voice->getMillis( hello ) ); // wait for it to finish
voice->speak ( world ); // speak world
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Top Story: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Italy is holding a special two-day conference with the theme of "God today: with Him or without Him, that changes everything". Normally I'm not overly interested in the day-to-day goings on of the Vatican, but a couple quotes reveal, I believe, the under-riding fear behind Benedict XVI's ongoing smears of both classical and modern forms of Paganism. In short, they believe secularism will hasten the growth of modern Paganism(s).
"Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to CEI President Card Angelo Bagnasco for the occasion. In it, the Holy Father said, … "When God disappears from man's horizon, humanity loses its sense of direction and could take steps towards its destruction." … In his opening address, Cardinal Bagnasco said that the question of God is linked to that of truth, which "separates man from animals and machine." For the cardinal, the more the 'question of God' is "marginalised and psychologically removed" from culture, the more it "reappears in disguise" and takes the form of today's interest in the paranormal, the occult, and esoteric religiosity in which reason "is defeated"."
The process they describe is known to scholars as "re-enchantment", and far from being antithetical to reason, some see the current trend as one that embraces "secular rationalism" alongside new-found "esoteric religiosity".
"To Pagans, the "spiritual but not religious", the scores of "no religion" agnostics who believe in God, and the many other groupings taking part in the West's re-enchantment, it isn't a choice of Dawkins or Pope Benedict. Instead, it is melding of the best aspects of rational and secular progress with the immanent and transcendent spiritual experiences provided by various religions and philosophies. While the old binary view of religion and rationalism continues to duke it out, Pagans are having their (secular re-enchantment) cake and eating it too."
The Catholic fear, I believe, isn't (primarily) of the death of reason, but of the birth of competition. Of a post-Christian Christianity that doesn't mind dabbling in the supernatural now and then, of a coalition of non-Christian faiths who won't sit quietly and allow the Vatican to continue "asserting the reasonableness of the Gospel" to the exclusion of any other point of view. Of a world that has no problem being religious and living in an age secular rationalism.
In Other News: Author and Pagan scholar Michael York, who attended and presented at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne (check out my audio interview with him), has added his two cents to the wide-ranging post-Parliament discussion over identity and terminology in Wednesday's post.
"The Indigenous Peoples issued a Statement to the World in which the Inter Caetera papal bull of 1493 and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery were exposed for the evils that they were. Angie Buchanan's argument is that we pagans who follow a European tradition are examples of an earlier and more complete eradication that the indigenous peoples of today are themselves facing. We are allies and not enemies. _Some_ were sympathetic to this reasoning; others less so. Andras' classification of paganism into Neo-pagan, Reconstructionists and Indigenous I have trouble with – especially when he described the second as intellectual reconstructions as opposed to revivals of indigenous survivals. For me, Neo-pagan includes Wicca as well as much contemporary Druidry and comprises a specific alignment of elements and directions as well as the eight festival calendar. Reco-paganism is ethnic reconstructions _and_ revivals. Geo-pagan is something else that is more vernacular and often less self-conscious."
I urge you to read the full comment, his follow-up statement, and the exchange between him and Celtic Reconstructionist Erynn Laurie (among others) for some thoughtful expansion on the hot-button issues brought up in the main post. I'd also like to recognize and thank all my commenters for their thoughtful, challenging and respectful discussion on these issues. I like to think that this blog's reader-commenters present a unique cross-section of the diverse theological, political, and social backgrounds, to be found under modern Paganism's wide umbrella. As a result of this we often generate more light than heat on controversial subject matters. So thank you.
An extremist Russian pagan group is being blamed for an explosion inside an Orthodox church in Vladimir.
"A suspect detained as part of the authorities' investigation into an explosion inside an Orthodox church in Vladimir is believed to be a member of a pagan group that is in conflict with traditional faiths, a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry's department for the fight against extremism told Interfax on Friday. An explosion occurred at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Church on the premises of the Vladimir State University on December 6, the spokesman said. A pamphlet that was written on behalf of the White Storm group and contained remarks "aimed at inciting ethnic and religious hatred" was found inside the church, he said. "A 28-year-old resident of Vladimir was detained for his suspected role in the crime. The information available to us suggests that he is an active member of a pagan group that is in conflict with traditional faiths," the spokesman said."
Luckily, no one was hurt in the explosion. There have been serious ongoing tensions between modern Russian Pagan groups (both extremist and otherwise), and the state-approved Russian Orthodox Church. Extremist Pagans groups have been listed as suspects in the recent murder of an Orthodox priest, and one group was recently tried and convicted for the murder and harassment of non-Slavic immigrants. The various forms of Paganism in Russia are a complex matter for outsiders to grasp, especially when press coverage focuses almost solely on violent and racist gangs instead of the broader Pagan impulse in the country. I await a serious expose' on this issue, one that separates the peaceful productive groups from the thuggish gangs who terrorize Orthodox priests and immigrants. Perhaps some Russian Pagans or Russian Pagan ex-pats can shed some light on the matter?
Lahaina News reports on a Goddess Movement conference coming to West Maui in January, organized by Dr. Apela Colorado, founder of the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network, and featuring Kathy Jones and Lydia Ruyle.
"Organizing gatherings is old hat to Colorado. "I've done hundreds of them. This is the first one I've done about the theme of the goddess, with the central focus on the goddess. Normally, I'm doing gatherings that pertain to indigenous wisdom and spirituality and bringing it together with western science," she said. "What's the same about this is that it's bringing out the ancient ways of understanding life," she added. Colorado reasoned why the conference is being held on the West Side. "All of West Maui is dedicated to the feminine powers of life. It's all about the waters, the fresh waters. In the West Maui Mountains up there, it has a big lizard (mo'o) in the landscape that's at the headwaters of Kauaula, the red rain. The red water is an allusion to the menses, the blood flow of giving birth," she explained."
Oh, and Starhawk is also attending, though that strangely wasn't mentioned in the article. I do find it somewhat curious that a Goddess Conference held in West Maui doesn't feature any native Hawaiians on the speakers list (that I can ascertain, there are several names I don't recognize), an oversight perhaps? Is there some sort of social/political tension that I'm not clued in on? Perhaps some of my Hawaiian readers can fill me in.
In a final note, I normally don't plug individual business on my blog, but I think this is a good cause. Witchy Moon is teaming up with Operation Circle Care to make it super-easy to send a Pagan solider a care package this holiday season.
"WitchyMoon Magickal Pagan Superstore today announced that is supporting Circle Sanctuary's "Operation Circle Care" program to collect Yule gifts for Pagan soldiers stationed overseas. As part of this sponsorship, WitchyMoon will be selling care packages on its web site, which can be sent to Pagan service members abroad. WitchyMoon will be offering a 25% discount on all care package items. "Through this Yule program, we are sending a very powerful message that we care about our Pagan troops, which are working hard to defend America," says Lady Falcona, proprietor of Witchy Moon"
You can find out more about Operation Circle Care's care package program, here. Perhaps Witchy Moon's generosity of spirit will inspire other Pagan retailers to offer similar deals. If you have a business that is working with Operation Circle Care, please drop a line in the comments and let my readers know.
That's all I have for now, have a great day!


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Matt Kenseth inevitably gets the blame for making the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup) championship so boring with his solid consistency in 2003 that NASCAR's overseers decided something new and revolutionary was necessary.
Quiet Matt led virtually the entire season in '03, taking any positive energy out of the title race. Not even finishing last in the final race at Homestead could derail Jack Roush's driver. Kenseth still wound up winning the title by 90 points over runner-up Jimmie Johnson.
It was no sweat and no drama.
Hence the onset of the Chase, the 10-race postseason that began in 2004.
A whole lot of people don't like the Chase. Their arguments run the gamut: It's artificial. It's unfair to a driver who builds up a big lead during the 26-race regular season. Nobody pays attention to anyone but the 12 drivers who qualified for NASCAR's postseason. The 10 race venues favor certain drivers – notably four-time reigning champion Johnson.
But numbers show that Brian France, the architect of the Chase, actually had a pretty good idea – if it's more competitive championships that everyone wants.
The Chase is in its seventh season and, heading to this Sunday's finale at Homestead, the three-way title battle is too close to call.
Denny Hamlin, looking for his first championship, is just 15 points ahead of Johnson and 46 ahead of Kevin Harvick, also aiming for his first Cup title.
The last really close title was in '04, the first year of the Chase, when Kurt Busch came to Homestead 18 points ahead of Jeff Gordon, 72 in front of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and 82 ahead of Mark Martin.
That one wound up being the closest finish in NASCAR history, with Busch hanging on through some dramatic adversity in the final race to beat Johnson by eight points and Gordon by 16.
Looking at the seven years before the Chase began, there was nothing nearly as tight or dramatic as the finishes in '04 and this year.
The closest duel with one race to go during that span was in 1997 when Gordon held a 77-point lead over eventual runner-up Dale Jarrett. Tony Stewart led Martin by 89 points with one race to go in 2002. Otherwise, the closest points race in the years just prior to the Chase was in 1999 when Jarrett held a 211-point edge over eventual runner-up Bobby Labonte.
Leads like that don't leave much to the imagination – or sell many tickets.
Despite his small lead this year, though, history tells us that Hamlin is going to hold on and win the championship. Since 1993, the driver leading heading into the final race has won the title, no matter what the points lead.
But at least the championship battles in the Chase era have been generally entertaining, with some mystery left for the final race.
Other than Johnson's leads of 141 points over Carl Edwards in 2008 and 108 over Martin last year, the biggest margin heading into Homestead during the Chase years was 96 by Johnson over Gordon in '07.
But upsets can happen.
The last time a driver came from behind in the final race to win the championship was in 1992 when heavy underdog Alan Kulwicki pulled off a huge upset over Bill Elliott and Davey Allison.
That race at Atlanta – then the home of the finale – was truly historic. Beyond the incredible points battle that saw six drivers within 113 points heading in the last event, it was also the last race for NASCAR King Richard Petty and the Cup debut of superstar Gordon.
But it was the championship that grabbed the headlines that day.
Allison led Kulwicki by 30 points and Elliott by 40 when they arrived at Atlanta. Harry Gant, Kyle Petty and Martin also came to the final race with a shot at the title, but never got close after the green flag waved.
In the race, Allison was taken out early in a crash, leaving Elliott and Kulwicki to fight an incredible duel. Elliott won the race and led 102 laps, but wound up losing the title by 10 points. Kulwicki celebrated the championship after leading 103 laps, earning the five-point bonus, and finishing second. Allison finished 63 points back.
Of course, you can read and study stats until your eyes are blurry, but the championship is going to be decided on Homestead's 1.5-mile oval. It should be a really competitive race and the champion is likely to be the man who makes the least mistakes.
This is what the Chase is supposed be all about.
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Rarely displayed paintings of Charleston during the Civil War by a Confederate soldier, including an iconic rendering of the submarine H.L. Hunley, are being made available today on the Internet by The Museum of the Confederacy.
The museum in Richmond, Va., goes live today on its website with all 31 paintings by Conrad Wise Chapman, an American artist who grew up in Italy and later served with the Confederate Army.
Launching the site culminates a decade-long, $25,000 effort to conserve the paintings and make them available to a wider audience of Civil War buffs and scholars.
Chapman was stationed in Charleston in 1863 and early 1864. He sketched Fort Sumter, where the war began in 1861, as well as batteries around the city held by the South until just before the war ended in 1865.
Perhaps the most famous painting is of the submarine H.L. Hunley. The Chapman rendering was done in December 1863, about two months before the hand-cranked sub sank the Union blockade ship Housatonic to become the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.
The Hunley never returned from its mission and was raised with the remains of its crew of eight off Charleston in 2000. It is being preserved at a conservation lab in North Charleston.
The website features comments Chapman wrote about each painting. He noted in one comment dated 1898, about a decade before his death, that the Hunley sank twice before its mission against the Housatonic.
"After this had happened the second time, someone painted on it the word 'Coffin,' " Chapman recounted. "There was just room enough in it for eight men, one in front of the other, with no possibility of anyone sitting straight. The third time it started out, it never came back."
Chapman took his sketches back to Rome, where he turned them into a series of paintings he called his "Journal of the Siege of Charleston." His father, John Gadsby Chapman, who taught his son painting, painted six of the 31 sketches.
"Conrad Wise Chapman had been born in Washington, D.C., and when he was very young his family moved to Italy," said Cathy Wright, the museum's conservator. "He had only a genealogical connection to the American South, but when the war broke out he felt so strongly he did want to come and join the Confederate Army."
In 1864, Chapman asked to leave the army and return to Italy, where his mother purportedly was ill.
"Historians are not really sure she was sick or using this as an excuse to get him out of there," Wright said. "Of course, many other soldiers were asking to go home and we don't know if he got special consideration or not but a close family friend was the former governor of Virginia."
His mother did not die until some years later.
Chapman never returned as a Confederate soldier. The paintings later were bought by a prominent Richmond family, then sold to the parent organization of the museum around 1900.
The paintings, all rather small at 10 by 12 inches, were on display at the museum for years when it was housed in the old Confederate White House through the 1970s. But in recent years they have not been displayed as a group.
In February, the museum completed a 10-year, $20,000 conservation of the paintings. Digitalizing them for the Web cost another $5,000, which was paid for by the museum as well as organizations in Virginia and South Carolina.
The series of originals was displayed this spring at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the war.
Visitors to the website will see the paintings more clearly than if they view them in person, said Sam Craghead, a spokesman for The Museum of the Confederacy. He said they can zoom in so closely they can see brush strokes.
The paintings are important both as art and as history, Wright said.
"On an artistic level they are certainly very lovely but what is interesting for historians is Chapman is one of the only artists who created these pieces during the war and from seeing these things himself. Many newspaper artists were getting secondhand descriptions and accounts and did their best guess at what happened. Chapman is out in the field."


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(CNN) -- Basketball star Dennis Rodman defended his controversial visit to North Korea with a team of former NBA players in a combative exchange Tuesday, saying it was a "great idea for the world."
In an exclusive interview with Chris Cuomo of CNN's "New Day," Rodman reacted angrily when pressed on whether the group should have traveled there given recent events in the secretive country.
The trip takes place just weeks after North Korea shocked the world by announcing the purge and execution of Kim's once-powerful uncle. There are also concerns for the welfare of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae, who's been detained there for more than a year for reasons that are unclear.
The other former NBA players are due to take part in a controversial basketball game on the birthday of Kim Jong Un, the country's young, unpredictable leader. The friendly contest with North Korea's team is planned for Wednesday, when Kim is believed to turn 31.
Apparently referring to Kim, Rodman said, "I love my friend. This is my friend." He spoke from the country's capital, Pyongyang.
Asked if he would take the opportunity to ask North Korean leaders about Bae, Rodman suggested the Korean-American had done something wrong but did not say what that was.
Growing angry with Cuomo and jabbing his finger toward the camera for emphasis, Rodman said, "Kenneth Bae did one thing. ... If you understand what Kenneth Bae did. Do you understand what he did in this country? No, no, no, you tell me, you tell me. Why is he held captive here in this country, why? ... I would love to speak on this.
"You know, you've got 10 guys here, 10 guys here, they've left their families, they've left their damn families, to help this country, as in a sports venture. That's 10 guys, all these guys here, do anyone understand that? Christmas, New Year's. ...
"I don't give a rat's ass what the hell you think. I'm saying to you, look at these guys here, look at them ... they dared to do one thing, they came here."
Bae, a married father of three, was arrested in November 2012 and sentenced in May to 15 years of hard labor. The North Korean government has said he was found guilty of "hostile acts" and attempts to topple the government.
He's suffered a series of health problems in detention, but pleas for his release have had no effect.
His mother, Myunghee Bae, who was allowed to visit in October, told CNN that her son was a devout Christian who had not understood the system in North Korea. North Korea is officially an atheist state and has punished missionaries in the past.
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At the White House, which has called for North Korea to release Bae, spokesman Jay Carney said Rodman is on a private trip "and our views about Kenneth Bae have not changed."
"I did not see some of the comments that Mr. Rodman made, but I am not going to dignify that outburst with a response," Carney said. "I am simply going to say that we remain gravely concerned about Kenneth Bae's health and continue to urge the DPRK authorities to grant his amnesty and immediate release on humanitarian grounds."After Rodman's outburst, fellow player Charles D. Smith tried to calm the discussion, but Rodman carried on, becoming increasingly agitated.
"Ain't no shill ... let me do this," he said to Smith, shaking Smith's hand off his arm. Addressing Cuomo, he continued, "Really? Really? I want to tell you one thing. People round the world, around the world, I want to do one thing.
"You're the guy behind the mic right now. We're the guys here doing one thing. We have to go back to America and take the abuse. Do you have to take the abuse that we're going to take? Do you, sir, are you going to take the abuse?
"One day, one day, this door is going to open because these 10 guys here, all of us, Christie, Vin, Dennis, Charles ... I mean everybody here, if we could open the door just a little bit for people to come here and do one thing."
Some of the players visible in the shot behind Rodman looked increasingly uncomfortable as he challenged the CNN anchor.
Smith pointed out that the basketball players made up only a part of a group of about 50 people visiting North Korea, with other Americans among them.
'He's got a great heart'
Smith also sought to defend Rodman, saying the visit was about basketball, not politics.
The players were invited by North Korea, Smith said, and are there as a kind of "cultural exchange" and to "put smiles on people's faces," not to influence the country's leaders.
"We've been doing these games for 3½ years," he said. "Outside of what people know of Dennis, you don't know Dennis. He's got a great heart, his passion is about children and families, that's why we are here.
"We are here because it's about doing great will around the world."
Smith outlined the charity projects he has been involved in worldwide through his sport, including visiting typhoon victims in Asia.
"We're doing what we do, we play basketball and that's what we love to do," Smith said.
"We didn't know it was going to take this kind of negative spin with what we are doing because we're not politicians, we're not ambassadors. We're here to do what we've been doing most of our lives."
Smith apologized for "the storm that has been created by our presence."
He also suggested that Rodman's use of the word "friend" for Kim should not be taken at face value.
Darren Prince, Rodman's agent for 16 years, told CNN on Sunday that Kenny Anderson, Cliff Robinson, Vin Baker, Craig Hodges, Doug Christie, and Smith would play against the North Korean senior national team.
The current trip is Rodman's fourth to the isolated nation, part of a project he has described as "basketball diplomacy."
But the U.S. State Department says that it has nothing to do with Rodman's visits to North Korea and that attention should be focused on the brutality of Kim's regime.
The NBA also distanced itself Tuesday from Rodman.
"The NBA is not involved with Mr. Rodman's North Korea trip and would not participate or support such a venture without the approval of the U.S. State Department," NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement released by the league.
"Although sports in many instances can be helpful in bridging cultural divides, this is not one of them."
'Friend for life'
Rodman, 52, struck up an unlikely friendship with Kim when he traveled to North Korea for the first time in February, bringing a team of Harlem Globetrotters for an exhibition game watched by Kim, who is a basketball fan.
Kim later met and dined with the flamboyant basketball star, and Rodman told his host he had "a friend for life," shrugging off international condemnation of the country's human rights record.
However, on his last trip -- which took place last month less than a week after North Korea announced the execution of Kim's uncle and top aide, Jang Song Thaek -- Rodman didn't get to meet Kim.
The international outcry over the killing of Jang prompted Paddy Power, the online betting company that had supported Rodman's project, to withdraw its association with the event.
But Rodman has pressed on with the plan. He met and coached the North Korean team on his previous trip last month.
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MLS Review: Henry, Defoe star, as late goals rain down
New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC's ex-Premier League strikers Thierry Henry and Jermain Defoe both produced master classes on Saturday.
In a clear reminder of their respective quality, Henry and Defoe carried their teams to victory in the MLS with the Red Bulls thumping Columbus Crew 4-1 and Toronto winning 4-2 against Houston Dynamo.
The wins saw both New York and Toronto strengthen their holds on play-off spots in the Eastern Conference.
In New York, Henry played a role in all four goals and also launched a half-time tirade against his team-mates to inspire them to the win, while in Canada, Defoe set up his team's first goal and scored a second-half brace as Toronto came from 2-0 down to triumph.
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After Columbus equalised with six minutes left in the first half through Adam Bedell, Henry ensured the Red Bulls led at the break, stabbing home a loose ball after Wright-Phillips had two efforts saved within seconds of each other.
The Red Bulls captain was clearly unhappy with how the game was going, letting out a couple of angry words as he ran back to the halfway line and that continued at half-time.
"He [Henry] came in at halftime and was just irate and in a way it was good because he took it out on the [Crew] in the second half," New York goalkeeper Luis Robles said.
"Obviously that was vintage Thierry. When he plays like that, there's not a defence in the league that's going to be able to stop him."
Lloyd Sam and Eric Alexander took advantage of Henry's brilliant vision in the second half as the Red Bulls made it five games without loss, strengthening their hold on fifth position in the East with a three-point gap on the sixth-placed Crew.
In Toronto, Houston led by two goals at the half-hour mark after an early brace from captain Brad Davis.
The United States international made it three goals in two games since returning from the FIFA World Cup but the home side were level by half-time.
Defoe set up the hosts' first goal with a cross that was dropped by Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall, allowing Jonathan Osorio to pounce, while Dominic Oduro equalised in first-half stoppage time.
In the 63rd minute, Defoe put Toronto ahead, rounding two Houston defenders before slotting past Hall from a tight angle, while the English veteran made it 4-2 with a minute to play after pouncing on Servando Carrasco's terrible back pass.
Toronto moved to 24 points with the win, one ahead of the Red Bulls, and the Canadian club sit third in the East.
Late goals were the order of the day, with five of the seven games including goals after the 85th minute.
Colorado Rapids scored twice in the final quarter of an hour to draw 3-3 at Philadelphia Union, who had Michael Lahoud sent off in the 77th minute, while Dom Dwyer completed his double in the 89th minute in Montreal as reigning champions Sporting Kansas City defeated the home-town Impact 2-1.
Across Canada in Vancouver, a second-half red card to the Whitecaps' Jordan Harvey saw the home side capitulate in the closing stages against Chivas USA to lose 3-1.
In other MLS results, Chicago Fire won 1-0 at New England Revolution and Los Angeles Galaxy prevailed by the same score against Real Salt Lake.


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Hi, is this totally black bee a separate species or a "sport" regular honey bee.
It has been feeding, alone, in our garden for a couple of weeks and evading me every time I picked up the camera.
Sadly, this morning it was lying, dead, on the path alongside its favorite plant.
Thanks in advance for any answers
I'm stepping outside my area of competence (?) here but I wonder if this is a female hairy footed flower bee. I see them in my garden occasionally - they're quite common. Can you put in on its side and take another photo? Anyway, see -
It says they're seen up to mid June
I agree with jaguarondi - a female Anthophora plumipes, Hairy-footed Flower bee. They are just about at the end of their season now so no surprise to see a few sitting the wrong side of the perch. The good news is she will almost certainly have completed her construction and provisioning of her brood cells, each one ocupied by a single larva, that are presently munching their way through the pollen she's has industriously collected for them. This cohort will be adult by the end of the year but will not emerge until next March/April.


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Best Places to Eat in Placencia, Belize
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2017
Placencia is well known for its stunning white sand beaches and also for some of the best restaurants in Belize. Placencia has attracted many top chefs to this beautiful seaside village and you will be treated to an amazing and authentic food scene.
Seafood is a big feature of Belizean cuisine and the local Placencia restaurants source it locally, so your catch will always be fresh. In addition to fresh seafood, you will find Placencia has a selection of cozy coffee shops, bakeries and one of the best ice cream parlours in Belize.


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IMBA announces new book about bike parks, seeks contributors
Following the success of two previous books about the design, construction and management of mountain bike trails, IMBA has embarked on a new book project. Scheduled for release in 2013, the latest book has the working title Bike Parks: IMBA's Guide to Creating New-School Riding Facilities.
"There's a clear need for this information," said IMBA's Chris Bernhardt. "As the director of IMBA's professional trail building services, I know that we have been absolutely swamped with inquiries about bike parks, flow trails and other emerging categories of mountain bike facilities. Our organization's goal is to support great riding experiences — publishing a book will equip mountain bikers, land managers and others to rapidly advance their projects."
The bike parks book will provide practical advice and best practices designed for professional land managers, volunteers and recreation providers of all kinds. As with IMBA's previous titles, both IMBA staff members and a variety of experts from outside the organization will provide the information.
To that end, IMBA seeks well-qualified contributors to write essays on related topics, including:
- Establishing the vision for a successful park
- Site selection for small, medium and large bike parks
- Understanding liability and risk management issues
- Building realistic budgets and timelines
- Creating professional renderings, schematics and other vital graphics
- The importance of landscaping, signage and amenities
- Finding the best soil and construction materials
- Designing and building features for all ability levels
- Fundraising: How much money will we need?
Prospective authors should contact IMBA Communications Director Mark Eller. Most writing assignments will be compensated. Submissions will be selected, reviewed and edited by IMBA staff.
IMBA hired Bob Allen and Pete Webber — both recent inductees to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame — to oversee the project. Allen, the book's editor, has spent nearly three decades documenting mountain biking through photography and writing. Webber serves as the book's executive editor.
Webber oversaw both of IMBA's previous books: Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack (2004), and Managing Mountain Biking: IMBA's Guide to Providing Great Riding (2007). IMBA has sold nearly 30,000 copies of these two books in 60 countries worldwide. They have informed countless land managers, been cited in scientific literature and have shaped the core curriculum for thousands of IMBA trail building classes.
If you have an interest in bike parks, please consider taking IMBA's online survey about the qualities that create a high-quality park experience. Look for results and conclusions in the upcoming book.
For Immediate Release
Contact markeller [at] imba [dot] com (Mark Eller)
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Wildcats keep state hopes alive
MARION — Fresh off a championship at the Marion cross country sectional, the Whitko boys' team returned to the same course for regional competition. The Wildcat boys put together a solid performance, highlighted by a second-place individual finish by Brian Menzie, to place third as a team, thereby qualifying for next Saturday's New Haven semistate.
The Wildcats, sectional winners last week, scored 80 points to take third behind Homestead, who won with 54 points and Huntington North who was second with a score of 75.
Menzie, who won the individual sectional title, took second behind a course record run of 15:43 by Kodi Mullins of Homestead. Menzie ran a fine 15:46 for the runner-up spot. Trapper Mize crossed the finish line in 16:13 placing 11th to give the Wildcats another top 15 individual finish.
The next Wildcat to cross the line was Jude Stieglitz, who came across in 16:39 placing 20th, two places ahead of Dallas Asher, who was 23rd. Asher ran 16:44 as the fourth-place Wildcat.
Right behind Asher in 25th-place was Brody Wilson in a time of 16:49. Trent Walther in 42nd place in a time of 17:30 and Wade Eberly who placed 55th in 18:04 rounded out the scoring for the Wildcats.
The competition at the regional was extremely close, with places five through nine being decided by only 14 points. Those 14 points spelled disappointment for the Columbia City boys' team. Despite six of seven Eagle runners posting personal records, the Eagles finished ninth as a team with 177 points.
Brenden Zoltek led the Eagles with a 13th place finish, crossing the line in 16:17. Adam Bernhard and David Potter were the next two Eagles to finish with Bernhard coming in 31st and Potter at 34th.
Senior Trevor Maggart ran a personal best 17:39 in his final competition, placing 46th for the Eagles. Evan Harney, the Eagles No. 2 runner for most of the season placed 59th in 18:14, with Ben Fausey running 18:35 and Connor Slavicek recording a time of 18:38 to round out the Eagles' efforts.


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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is day to day with an upper-body injury after he absorbed a hard hit at Pittsburgh.
Toews was drilled by Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik with 6:30 remaining in the second period on Sunday night. The two were going for a loose puck.
Toews got up slowly and was seen holding his left arm on the bench before heading down the runway.
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville says he doesn't think the injury is serious, but the team would know more on Monday.
The Blackhawks, who clinched a playoff berth on Saturday, are already without star forward Patrick Kane, who is out for the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury.
Toews has 28 goals and 68 points this season.


text: Achilles Kids is a running, walking, and rolling program for low income children with disabilities. Achilles provides 4,000 children in 150 New York City public schools with an adaptive physical education curriculum and holds weekend workouts for children with disabilities and their able bodied siblings. Approximately 1,400 of participating children are on the autism spectrum, and the program is school and community based. Achilles Kids has its largest chapter in Truman High School (Bronx, NY) the largest public school for children with autism in the country. Students keep track of the miles they run, walk, or roll in their adaptive physical education classes throughout the year, and they mark their progress on customized maps of New York City created by Achilles. Those who reach 26.2 miles are rewarded with a pair of sneakers. Achilles provides all supplies including logbooks, customized maps, t-shirts, medals, and the sneakers. Achilles also offers supplementary lesson plans in nutrition, history, geography, and math to enrich the program. Achilles Kids provides opportunities for children to play, improve their health and fitness, increase their confidence, and socialize with their peers.


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Article Summary: This article provides information on "XPS 13 (L321x) USB 3.0 Ports Stop Working after Windows Update".
After Windows updates, the USB 3.0 ports on an XPS 13 (L321X) will stop working. It appears that there is a Fresco Logic xHCI Controller driver being pushed, and this causes the failure. The Fresco Logic website recommends only installing drivers from the OEM provider. This is due to the fact that the driver has to be based on the chipset of the system as well.
Make sure the A02 driver version XPS-L321X_Chipset_Driver_R9WKR_WN_126.96.36.199_A02.exe posted on the Dell website is the one being used, and that no updates are applied unless they come from Dell. The easiest solution is to do a driver rollback within the operating system if there has been an unplanned driver update.
If the choice for Windows Update Settings has been selected for "Install updates automatically", the problem may reoccur. It is best to choose an option like "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them" so that Windows updates will not be installed automatically.
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text: Why California's Dairy Survival Should Matter to You December 4, 2013 11:50 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Tyne Morgan US Farm Report Host Email For dairy producers in California, high costs and low incomes have been the recipe for some California dairies to call it quits. As a follow-up to a previous Dairy Today story, AgDay seeks to answer a question that's surfaced recently -- should California dairy's survival matter to you? The Golden State is the top dairy producing state in the country. Leading the way in milk, butter, ice cream and nonfat dry milk, Dairy Today Western Editor Catherine Merlo says the state's survival matters. "It accounts for about 20% of the nation's milk production," says Merlo. "So, what happens in California really has a big impact on the rest of the country." It hasn't been easy for dairy producers in the state to stay profitable the last five years. "We lost 120 dairies in California in 2012, another 55 to 60 this year," Merlo says. "It's certainly had its issues the last several years with high feed prices, increased environmental regulations, cost of labor," says Jim Mulhern with the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). So, there have been a number of factors that make it difficult for farmers to make a go of it in California." Add to that increased environmental regulations. "We're regulated by multiple different agencies, and at times, some of those regulations can conflict each other," says California dairy farmer Ray Prock. Dairy farmers, like Prock, have been forced to find new ways to not only survive, but secure his future as a California dairy farmer. "We've gone six hours north into Oregon and purchased our own hay ranch," says Prock. Many experts say while California dairy farmers have struggled, its exports will carry the state forward, specifically the growing demand for safe dry baby milk powder in Asia, makes the state's producers in high demand. "California is positioned perfectly for that Asia market," says Mulhern. "I think over the next 15 to 20 what you're going to see is more of that milk production in California moving into ingredients and products into world markets." "Not only is California geographically positioned to market to Pacific Rim, but also, when California helps develop markets that develop markets for producers in other states," says Merlo. That export advantage is one major reason why Mulhern says you can't count California out. "I think the future for the California dairy industry is very bright," he says. Back to news


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Bills add safeties, kicker
The Buffalo Bills drafted two safeties and a place-kicker with the first three of their four picks on the third and final day of the NFL Draft.
With the 105th pick in the fourth round, the Bills took safety Duke Williams of Nevada. Like Kiko Alonzo of Oregon, a second-round pick, Williams has been in trouble with the law, having multiple arrests on his record and being suspended three times in his college career.
Another safety was taken in the fifth round (pick 143), Jonathan Meeks of Clemson. Meeks played in 50 games in his college career, starting 24, with 62 tackles and two interceptions in 2012.
Another Florida State player was taken by the Bills – top pick E.J. Manuel played for the Seminoles – in the sixth round (pick 177): Kicker Dustin Hopkins could challenge incumbent Rian Lindell for the kicking job. Bills punter Shawn Powell was Hopkins' holder at Florida State. Hopkins made 22 of his 33 field goals from 40 to 49 yards and nine of his 15 attempts from 50 yards or longer over his college career.


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11 Valentine's Day Gifts for Your Techie True Love
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cool technology.
Once again, it's that time of year to show that special someone just how much you care about them. How, you ask? By giving them gifts — lots and lots of gifts. For this Valentine's Day, we've rounded up 11 perfect presents to impress and delight your sweetheart.


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Author Notes: This was a recipe I created while on trip to a small beach town in Uruguay. There were no restaurants that were open that we wanted to eat at, so my friends and I wandered around the local market looking for food and in college kid fashion, we went straight for pizza. However, the incredibly fresh and tasty vegetables that we bought at the market made the pizza amazing. This recipe can also be made with or without the parsley, we just happened to find fresh parslet so it was a nice touch. —mollyjustine
Makes: 1 12-inch pizza
Whole Wheat Thin Crust
packet dry yeast
teaspoon sea salt
1 3/4
cups whole wheat flour
cup room temperature water
teaspoon sugar
Pear, Onion, and Feta Topping
Bosc pears, sliced
large white onion, sliced
teaspoon sea salt
tablespoons red wine
sprigs fresh parsley
cups feta cheese
- Combine yeast, sugar, and water in a small bowl. Mix lightly with a fork and let sit fo 6 to 8 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Mix well.
- Pour the water and yeast combination into the larger bowl with the flour and salt. Mix until ready to knead, then form into a neat ball.
- Sprinkle surface with flour and knead for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Roll out by hand to a 14 inch base.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet or pizza stone and preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, add the red wine and sea salt.
- When the red wine begins to bubble slightly, add the sliced onions.
- After 8 to 10 minutes, or whenever the onions begin to carmelize, add the pears and parsley, and cook or 2 to 3 or minutes or just until the pears start to turn brown. Take off heat and let cool slightly.
- Add feta cheese to pizza, spreding evenly. When slightly cooled, add the pear and onion topping.
- Cook in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the crust starts to brown and become crispy. Remove, let cool, then slice and serve to friends!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pizza
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